We are taught not to discriminate against other people because of their heritage, race or colour of their skin from a young age. Why is it that professional adults cannot abide by the same law as most children, who understand that it is wrong to single out and pick on another person simply because they are of a different background to them?

A Bradford solicitor has won a landmark case in racial discrimination after she was suspended from working at her law firm because she joked that she was, ‘a friend of Osama Bin Laden’ because of her Muslim heritage. The comment was made in obvious jest, and she even stated that she was totally against the 9/11 bombings, however it led to her being suspended from her place of work.

An employment tribunal in Bradford declared that there wasn’t, ‘a shred of evidence’ to support the treatment of the solicitor, and insisted that she be reinstated and issued a full apology. The Bradford lawyer said that she would have been happy with just a simple apology at the time of all the fuss and to allow the whole thing to blow over; however, as matters progressed, the situation led to her hiring a Bradford employment solicitor and starting a seven year legal battle that cost the taxpayer 500,000 in legal costs.

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She stated that she was sure that this treatment would not have occurred had she not been a Muslim and Asian and asserted that this case was not about the money but about the principle. To back this up she is apparently using the pay out to build an orphanage in Pakistan.

The employment tribunal stated that for such a public body that the lawyer worked for, who have a responsibility to act in a proper and decent manner, to act in the manner that they did could only be described as astonishing as any employer acting the way that the bosses in question had acted was unacceptable. Apparently, ‘serious’ questions had to be asked about who is ultimately responsible and the chain of command that could lead to such an incident taking place to find out where the buck stops.

If you feel that you or a loved one have been discriminated against at work, perhaps because of racial or heritage reasons or perhaps because of something totally different but just as important, then you should seek out a Bradford employment solicitor today to se if you can claim the compensation that you deserve.

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